Minnesota Report
During this pandemic, the number of Absentee Ballot requests, which ended on Tuesday, is up over twice the amount in 2016. As expected, the largest mount is coming from Hennepin, Ramsey and Dakota Counties. The seven-county metropolitan area accounts for 1,004,969 or 60.69% of the requests.
This information is gathered from the Secretary of State’s website. https://www.sos.state.mn.us/election-administration-campaigns/data-maps/absentee-data/#
As of 10/16/20
Requested Accepted
Statewide 1,655,912 911,385 55.037%
Hennepin 473,779 277,157 58.85%
Ramsey 174,076 104,756 60.18%
Dakota 125,979 73,125 58.05%
Compared to 2016
Requested Returned Accepted Rejected
Statewide 742,021 689,722 676,722 12,461